Carton.



G.l W; TEASDALE.

` APPL 4,1908. 899,922, n Patented Sept. 29,1908.

GEORGE W. TEASDALROF 1ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

CARTON.

`Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented sept. 2e, 1908.

Application mea may 14, 190s. serial No. 432,769.

y To all whom 'it may concern: l

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. TnAsDALE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at vthe city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cartons, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification. l

My invention relates to a new andnovel manner of reinforcing light pasteboard carpacked in a case.

sightly appearance and rendered them almost sweat tons that are largely usedfor-certain' cereal foods and for'dried fruits. Heretofore cartons of this description, owing to their fragil-` ity, have been frequently crushed when any considerable number of filled cartons were This detracted from their unsalable. It has also been a source of com- Vplaint that when these cartons were filled lwith dried fruit, the fruit very often would and the 4moisture would soak through the thin pasteboard and produce an unsightly discolored package. u

By mi improvement I not'only produce a carton t at is very strong, but one so constructed as to revent any discoloration of the package W en filled with dried fruit, from showing on the outside of the carton.

Figure I is a perspective view of mycarton partly broken away Fig. II is-a cross section taken on line I-`-II, Fig. I. Fig. III is a view of the blank of my carton before fold- 111 I designates the outer shell of my carton to which is attached in any suitable manner reinforcing or trussing lining sheet 2. This sheet is arched inwardly from the outer shell and is provided with vconcave cut-outs, as seen at 3, located at the corner folds of the shell, so that when the shell is folded, the lining may be readily folded therewith, notwithsltlanding the arches or swells in the lining s eet.

strain, I provide a strut strip, preferably of corrugated paper of any desired width and vslflhich is located between the shell and lining s eet.

It will be noted that by this construction I gain a maximum of strength for a minilnum of weight. By the arching of the reinforcing sheet inwardly, I provide a space between the main body of the contents andthe outer shell of the carton so that when filled with dried fruit which would tend to discolor'the package the moisture and discoloring matter is taken up by the said reinforcing sheet.

I claim:

1. A reinforced carton consisting of an outer shell and an inwardly arched reinforcing o r trussing lining sheet, attached to sald shell and having cut-outs at the corners of the carton, substantially as described.

2. A reinforced carton consisting of an outer shell and an inwardly arched reinforcing or trussing lining sheet, attached to said shell and having concave cut-outs at the corners of the carton, substantially as described.

GEO. W. TEASDALE. In presence of#- BLANCHE HOGAN, H. G. Coon.

To lend additional strength to the sides of the cartons when under an excess of 

